The Relationship Between Social Support and Subjective Well-Being Across Age

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 561-576

  Siedlecki, Karen L ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^b   Oishi, Shigehiro ^b   Jeswani, Sheena ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Life satisfaction; Social support; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; MODEL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84899958481     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0361-4     Document Type: Article

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